5.Making greener choices and encouraging healthy lifestyles can promote your health and benefit the environment.Here are some guidelines to follow:
Choose foods thoughtfully
Americans have never had such a variety or abundance of food to choose from.Besides so many choices,we now hear about our"food print",the amount of land needed to supply one person's nutritional needs for a year.Do we buy cherry tomatoes from Mexico or tomatoes grown locally in a hothouse?Do.we get the Granny Smiths from the fanners'market or the supermarket?Is organic produce healthier for us and the planet?
These are very complex issues that require analysis of many criteria,including the energy used in producing and transporting the food,as well as the type of soil and methods of raising the food.
Despite the complexities,there are some general guidelines you can follow.For instance,eat less meat or eat low on the food chain.Your doctor may have recommended you to restrict your consume red meat because of its too much fat content.Beyond th at,there are environmental reasons,too.Raise food animals contributes substantially to climate change because a meat-based diet requires more land,energy and water than a plant-based one.
Drinking plenty of fluids is significant during hot weather or when exercising.But is bottled water the way to go?You may not think so when seeing the true costs.Based on a survey,manufacturing the 30-plus billion plastic water bottles can produce more than 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide and use here times the amount of water in the bottle.Adding in transportation,the energy used comes to over 50 million barrels of oil equivalent (等價物).Consequently,skip the bottled water and drink tap water,both at home and at restaurants.Additionally,bottled water is not necessarily cleaner than tap.
1.In Paragraph 2 the author puts forward three questions mainlyD.
A.to prove Americans have less food to choose from
B.to show us the shopping habits of most Americans
C.to indicate Americans tend to buy food from abroad
D.to remind people to reconsider their food purchase
2.The doctor recommends eating less red meat partly becauseA.
A.it contains too much fat           
B.it costs a lot in transportation
C.it is too low on the food chain         
D.it isn't related to climate change
3.According to the text,which of the following is true?C
A.Americans all prefer to buy cherry tomatoes from Mexico.
B.The plant-based diet is responsible for the climate change.
C.Americans have a variety of food to choose from.
D.Organic produce is the only choice for Americans.
4.Based on the last paragraph,we know thatB.
A.bottled water is cleaner than tap water
B.tap water is economical as well as eco-friendly
C.bottled water is more available than tap water
D.tap water uses one-third the cost of bottled water
5.What is the best subtitle for the last paragraph?A
A.Skip bottled water,carry tap      
B.Drink bottled water
C.Produce plastic water bottles       
D.Save water resources.

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了做出更環(huán)保的選擇和鼓勵健康的生活方式可以促進你的健康和有益于環(huán)境,提出一些準則.

解答 1.D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第二段:Americans have never had such a variety or abundance of food to choose from.Besides so many choices,we now hear about our"food print",可知三個問題為了提醒人們重新審視他們的食品采購;故選D.
2.A.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第四段:Your doctor may have recommended you to restrict your consume red meat because of its too much fat content可知你的醫(yī)生可能會建議你限制你的消費紅肉,因為它的脂肪含量過多;故選A.
3.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第二段:Americans have never had such a variety or abundance of food to choose from.Besides so many choices,we now hear about our"food print",可知美國人有各種各樣的食物可供選擇;故選C.
4.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一段:Consequently,skip the bottled water and drink tap water,both at home and at restaurants.Additionally,bottled water is not necessarily cleaner than tap可知tap水既經(jīng)濟又環(huán)保;故選B.
5.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段:Consequently,skip the bottled water and drink tap water,both at home and at restaurants.Additionally,bottled water is not necessarily cleaner than tap可知tap水既經(jīng)濟又環(huán)保;因此副標題為跳過瓶裝水,提水龍頭;故選A.

點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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